Woodford Named As Minister To Spain Diplomat From New York
Stewart L. Woodford of New York is nominated by the president to be minister to Spain. A Civil War veteran and former Lincoln appointee, Woodford is a longtime ally of Senator Platt and a lawyer with a fortune. He is expected to accept and has been long discussed as a cabinet possibility.
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Stewart L. Woodford
New York
Spain
Woodford
Senator Platt
Congress
Woodfod
General Woodford's Early Career and Campaign Roles
Stewart L. Woodford born in New York on September 3 1835 rises from Columbia College to law and politics. He serves as assistant U S district attorney during Lincoln era prosecutions of blockade cases, becomes army captain, earns brevet brigadier general, governs Charleston and Savannah, then advances to lieutenant governor and runs for governor and vice president in later years.
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General Woodford
Lincoln
New York
Stewart L. Woodford
Spain
Connecticut
Columbia College
United States
Charleston
Savannah
Common Pleas Court
Brooklyn
Fenton
W. W. Goodrich
Congress
Woodford
John T. Hoffman
Senate Advances Tariff Bill Through Pages of Agricultural Schedule
The Senate, June 18, rapidly progressed on the tariff bill with snappy debate. Thirteen pages were cleared, covering dairy products to schedule H on spirits and wines, amid sustained votes on most paragraphs. A salt free-list restoration failed 31 to 24, and a tea tax was deferred at Mr. Allison’s suggestion. The chamber planned to meet at 11 a.m. until passage.
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Senate
Washington
West
Allison
Bering Sea Claims Commission Meeting Adjourns to Halifax
The Bering sea claims commission met in Montreal and adjourned to meet in Halifax on August 25. U S commissioner William Putnam and British commissioner George E King attended, with much of the session taken up by argument from Don M Dickinson.
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Bering Sea Claims Commission
Montreal
Halifax
United States
William Putnam
Her
George E. King
Don M. Dickinson
Opium Cargo Arrives From Macao On City of Rio de Janeiro
The City of Rio de Janeiro arrived from the Orient with a remarkable opium shipment from Macao. More than 900 cases valued around 2 million dollars carry duties totaling about 221 thousand four hundred dollars.
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San Francisco
Rio de Janeiro
Macao
Nominations for Consul General in Berlin and Duluth Collector
The president sent to the Senate on June 18 nominations including Julius Goldschmidt of Wisconsin to be consul general at Berlin Germany and Levi M Willcats of Minnesota to be collector of customs for the district of Duluth Minnesota.
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Washington
Senate
Julius Goldschmidt
Wisconsin
Berlin
Germany
Levi M. Willcats
Minnesota
District of
Duluth
Minn
Favor the Fast Line of Steamers
In Ottawa on June 18 the house of commons adopted the government's proposal for a fast Atlantic line of steamers, passing by a vote of 134 to 22.
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OrTtawa
Ont
House of Commons
An Honor for Cleveland Conferred by Princeton U
PrinceTON N J June 18 The degree of LL D has been conferred upon ex President Cleveland by Princeton University.
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Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
Debs Plans to Seize Washington State for Cooperative Rule
Debs outlines a plan at a Social Democracy meeting to send a colony to Washington, gain political control, call a special legislature, revise the constitution, and establish a cooperative commonwealth with trusts as the basis. He warns of possible peaceful or forceful resolution and predicts a new party in 1900.
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Washington State
Curiaco
The
Social Democracy of America
E. V. Debs
Sylvester Kelcher
James Hogan
William E. Burns
Social Democracy
Debs
Cooperative Commonwealth
Washington
New Life
Co-Operative Commonwealth
Padded Payrolls Hit Santa Fe Line Chicago Run
Kansas City reports say a Topeka investigation found padded payrolls on the Santa Fe Railway Chicago division payroll between Kansas City and Chicago. Estimates from Chicago place the loss near eighty thousand dollars. executives decline to disclose findings or punish involved officials as the probe continues.
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Kansas City
Santa Fe Railway Company
Chicago
Topeka
Frey
Factory Machinery Contract For Merrillan Sugar Mill
The Merrillan Sugar Factory will receive machinery from Germany. Baron Zurborn of a German firm has the contract. The Green Bay road surveyors have mapped the track to the site and construction will start soon to ship materials directly. Total cost near 275000 dollars.
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Merrillan Sugar
Germany
Black River Fats
Wis
Merrillan Sugar Factory
Baron Zurborn
Green Bay Road
Peace Talks at Constantinople Make Slow Progress
Constantinople June 23 The peace conference held another session as Tewfik Pasha submitted a counter project for frontier delimitation. Indemnity and abolition of capitulations were also discussed but no decision was reached on any point.
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Constantinople
Tewfik Pasha
Auburn professor attacks Bryan in Maine election clash
Lewiston Maine June 23 Professor L C Bateman of Auburn former People's party gubernatorial candidate and leader of middle of the road forces in Maine has published an attack on William J Bryan alleging political bribery and forgery.
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Bryan
Lewiston
L. C. Bateman
Auburn
People’s Party of
Maine
William J. Bryan
Bateman
Sullivan Heads to White Plains for Summer Training
John L. Sullivan has departed Boston for White Plains New York to train under wrestler William Muldoon this summer. The likely summer meeting with Fitzsimmons grows more favorable each day.
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Boston
John L. Sullivan
White Plains
N. Y
William Muldoon
Fitzsimmons
Earthquake Shocks Rattle Tehuantepec After Regaining Confidence
Two more tremors struck Tehuantepec during the night adding to the consternation of residents who had started to regain confidence. The town is not in ruins but has suffered great damage from the shocks.
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Mexico
Tehuantepec
Mex
Yellow fever cases aboard steamer Finance arrive in New York
The steamer Finance reaches New York from Colon with three yellow fever cases aboard and three deaths along the voyage. Both passengers and crew are quarantined. Health Commissioner Doty asserts no danger of wider spread.
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New York
Finance
Colon
Doty
Fire at Brooklyn Navy Yard Causes Major Damage
Fire broke out in the Brooklyn navy yard shortly before 10 p.m. in New York on June 23, causing about 100000 dollars in damage. Building No. 13, mainly used by the ordnance department, was partly destroyed.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York
No. 13
Ordnance Department
Big Steel Plant Closes in Scranton Workforce Cut Dispute
The Lackawanna Iron and Steel plant in Scranton Pennsylvania shut down last night causing about 2,500 workers to lose their jobs over a wage reduction dispute.
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Scranton
Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company
Slight Advance in Iron Promises Recovery
Pittsburg June 23 An advance of five cents per hundred on bar iron was announced in iron and steel circles during the morning. This marks the first tendency toward recuperation that bar iron has shown for months.
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Pittsburg
Hawaiian Treaty Annexation Delayed. Senate Action Expected
Washington reports the Hawaiian annexation treaty was not signed as planned. President withholds final approval after White House review, delaying Senate submission by a day or two. Debates focus on debt assumptions and the omission of pensions for ex-Queen Liliuokalani and Princess Kaiulani.
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Washington
White House
Sherman
Department
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
House
Hawaii
Foster
Harrison
Liliuokalani
Kaiulani
Islands
Kaiualani
London Papers Debate Hawaii Annexation Question
All afternoon papers discuss Hawaii's possible annexation by the United States. The Globe argues the issue is international and Britain must be consulted due to strategic naval implications. The Pall Mall Gazette favors Hawaii joining the US, while the Daily Chronicle notes U.S. colonial expansion with cautious optimism.
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London
United States
The
Globe
Hawaii
Vancouver
Australia
Far East
Great Britain
Pall Mall Gazette
Stars and Stripes
Daily Chronicle
Washington
Nominations Move Alaska Governor and Commissioners Named
The president sent nominations to the senate for John G. Brady of Alaska to be governor of the district of Alaska and to serve as commissioner. Caldwell W. Tuttle of Indiana and John E. Crane of Illinois named as commissioners for the district of Alaska.
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Alaska
Washington
Senate
John G. Brady
District of Alaska
Caldwell W. Tuttle
Indiana
John E. Crane
Miinois
Universal Postal Congress Concludes Work in Washington
The fifth world postal conference wrapped up after a closed session. It announced that the next congress will meet in Rome in February 1903.
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Washington
Universal Postal Congress
Rome
Italy
Spain’s Hawaii gambit draws US Japan confrontation
Washington, June 18 The Times Herald reports Spain presses Japan to oppose Hawaii while the United States moves the Hawaiian treaty to Congress ahead of schedule. Madrid seeks European backing but finds little support besides vague Austro Hungary goodwill. Spain urges bold action against Hawaii as US interests loom.
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United States
Japan
Hawaii
Carriaco
Wellman
Washington
Times- Herald
Congress
Spain
Europe
Cuba
Austro-Hungary
Madrid
Republic of
State Department
Atlantic
Uncle Sam
Gales Flood North England and Foudroyant Lost
Powerful north winds flood Glasgow suburbs and surrounding countryside. A severe storm hits Liverpool with Nelsons flagship Foudroyant driven ashore and feared lost while touring the coast as a show ship.
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London
England
Scotland
Glasgow
Liverpool
Nelson
Foudroyant
War Roads Faces New Rate War With UP Alliances
Curiaco June 18 reports Alton and Northwestern railways align with Union Pacific. They have not quit the Western Passenger association but effectively do the same, signaling a forthcoming battle over passenger rates across the Chicago to Ogden corridor.
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Curiaco
Alton
Northwestern Roads
Union Pacific
Western Passenger Association
Chicago
Ogden
Van Patton Suit Overcharges Could Shape $1.5 Million Claims
In Dusvear Iowa on June 17 Judge Shiras heard C L Van Patton of Charter Oak Iowa in a U S court case against the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad. The action, part of a Northwestern Iowa Grain Shippers association effort, seeks 59000 but rulings will influence almost 1.5 million in related claims. Prominent lawyers from Chicago St Paul Omaha and Council Bluffs argued the matter which will continue for several days.
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St. Paul
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Netherlands second chamber election yields clerical gains
Amsterdam June 17 The latest returns show 20 Catholics 22 Liberals and 13 orthodox Protestants elected to the states general second chamber. About 45 second ballots were needed and initial signs suggest the government has been defeated as clerical coalitions inflict losses on the Liberals with several prominent candidates failing.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Tin Plate Strike Looms as Wage Scale Talks Fail
Pittsburo reports a likely tin plate strike as wage scale talks fail. Forty plants in 38 companies face potential walkouts, with the American Tin Plate company running two plants in Elwood Indiana and Montpelier Indiana. About 8,000 workers could lose jobs.
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Pittsburo
American Tin Plate Company
Elwood
Montpelier
Ind
Jim the Lincoln Park Zoo Hyena Escapes
Curiaco June 17 reports Jim a large hyena from Lincoln Park zoo has escaped. Park police are searching. only one officer glimpsed him as he leaped toward the officer and the man climbed a tree. The animal is described as big and not friendly.
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Curiaco
Jim
Lincoln Park Zoo
Experimental vaccination of cattle for black leg in Dickinson
In Dickinson North Dakota veterinarian Charles N Ferrier begins an experimental vaccine program for black leg targeting 100 cattle aged six to eighteen months. The state test ordered by Chief Veterinarian Himbaugh uses the Pasteur system and is closely monitored by cattlemen. Laurier and Godkin Get Degrees in London. E L Godkin editor of the New York Evening Post among Oxford honorary degree recipients.
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Dickinson
N. D
Charles N. Ferrier
Himbaugh
Laurier
Godkin
London
University of Oxford
Wilfred Laurier
Canada
William V. Whiteway
Newfoundland
E. L. Godkin
New York Evening Post
French pork duty set at 12 francs per 100 kilos
Paris June 17. The customs committee of the chamber of deputies adopted M. Jonnart's protectionist proposal to impose a duty of 12 francs per 100 kilos on foreign pork and 8 francs on pigs weighing under 2 hundredweight.
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Paris
Customs Committee
Chamber of Deputies
M. Jonnart
Dr Hobbs Sparagus Kidney Pills Meet Public Trial
An article touts Dr Hobbs Sparagus Kidney Pills with a free trial at Dunning & Longstaff drug store in Huron S D. It claims the pills cure kidney and bladder issues and improve overall health inclucing sleep nerves and energy. The notice invites physicians and the public to conduct unbiased tests and to obtain free samples from the Chicago company if needed.
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Huron
Hobbs
Dunning & Longstaff
Dr Hobbs Sparagus
Hobbs Sparagus
Dr. Hobbs
Hobbs Remedy Co
Chicago
Dr. Hobbs Sparagus
Bright
Pioneer Mine Ely Allotment Sold At High Price
Thomas Barden of Ashland confirms the entire Pioneer mine allotment in the Bessemer ore pool, 225000 tons, sold at about $3 per ton, the season’s highest Lake Superior ore price. Sale ensures mine operation for the rest of the season as shipments proceed from the shaft with 160000 tons stockpiled.
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Pioneer
Ely
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Duluth
Minn
Thomas Barden
Ashland
Bessemer
Lake Superior
Spanish Losses in the Philippines Reported
An official Manila telegram reports a desperate combat with rebel general Aguinaldo in the Philippine islands. Spanish losses exceed 100 killed and wounded, an event that has caused a pronounced and painful impression.
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Philippines
Maprio
Manilla
Philippine Islands
Aguinaldo
Sheriff’s sale notices tied to 1897 Beadle county cases
Two sheriff sales are announced by Beadle County South Dakota with details of foreclosed mortgages. The first targets the southeast quarters of sections 6 and 30 in township 112 north range 61 west for sale July 24 1897 at 2 pm at the court house in Huron. The second targets the west half of section 30 in township 113 north range 60 west for sale July 24 1897 at 2 pm at the same location.
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Fifth Judicial Circuit
State of
South Dakota
T County
Beadle
Mal Trust Company
Adolph P. Annie Papin
Ormsby
Hattan Trust Company
C. F. Bliven
Cady
W. J. Bowden
F. E. Allen
Emmetsburg
Iowa
Circuit Court
United States
Huron
A. D. Isdr
D. G. Meppery
Beadle County
L. C
James H. Harris
Tred B. Hoffman
Marty
A. D
Circuit Court of
South
North Range
D. G. Medbery
Sherif
A. W. Witmaeru
Plaintiff
Fist
Squire T. Collar
Mortgagor
Ozro J. Hale
Territory
Dakota
Dakotea
Amelia Hale
I. Dale
Milwaukee County
Wisconsin
Beade County
Aase
Beade
Ameura Bale
M. Hararson
Hannah Eason
John McDonald
T. M. Jeffris
George Reuter
L. C. Kemp
Beadless
William F. Maas
Bertha Maas
Fred
C. Maas
William H. Maas
H. Maas
Henry C. Maas
Ida B. Maas
City of Huron
F. E. Grant
Neves
Ummons
Harvey J. Rice
Sarah E. Whorton
Copartners
Rice
Beadlecom
German Navy Chief Change: Von Hollmann Resigns
Bern reports Admiral von Hollmann resigns as chief of the navy department and Admiral von Tirpitz is appointed to succeed him. The announcement confirms the leadership shift in the German naval command.
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Bern
Admiral von Hollmann
Navy Department
Admiral von Tirpitz
Two Boys Drowned in Zumbro River
Mazeppa Minnesota reports two boys aged 12 and 10, Ben Crandell and Elisha Sibley, drowned after they ran from a sand bar into a deep hole while bathing in the Zumbro River. Neither could swim.
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Mazeppa
Minn
Zumbro
Ben Crandell
Elisha Sibley
Attorney Joan L. Pye Represents Plaintiff in Case
The notice lists Joan L. Pye as the plaintiff's attorney with first publication on May 20 and last publication on July 1, indicating a civil action docket schedule.
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Vunn
Joan L. Pye
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New Yorker
Santa Fe Road
Sullivan
Postal Congress
Holland
Dakota Avenue
Huron, S. D
Tnewuse
J. H. Alexander
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