Monroe doctrine, canal plans, Blaine tribute in Roosevelts speech
Congressman Burleigh quoted President Roosevelt praising Blaine and Americanism, stressing the Monroe doctrine and a future Isthmian canal as pivotal. The report notes Berlin reaction to Roosevelt’s trust supervision stance and European concerns of American imperialism and rising American influence.
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Congressman Burleigh
Blaine
Laine
America
Tropic Islands
Isthaiian
United States
Berlin
Roosevelt
Germany
Europe
Kreve Zettung
Naval Recruit Requirements and Pay Scale Drafted for Station Opening
A naval recruiting drive will open in the Federal Court room next Monday for one week to enlist men across all navy departments. Applicants must pass a physical, read and write English, and be naturalized citizens. The pay scale lists rates from seamen to various skilled trades, with apprentices paid fifteen to eighteen dollars monthly.
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Federal Court Room
Navy
Navy Department
Army
Becco Liser
R. de L. Hasbrouck
N. Carroll
D. Kerr
J. W. Angus
S. Seeger
G. S. Bingham
C. W. Sherry
Harvey Tyo Hospital
J. L. McCarty
Carroll
Republican platform backs Roosevelt policies at state convention
Sacramento convention denounces McKinley’s death and endorses Roosevelt measures on arid lands and Chinese exclusion. It praises Philippines policy, calls for pension aid, and endorses anti trust actions, eight hour work, and canal project while balancing state officials and five gubernatorial candidates. In Columbia, Democratic primaries nominate leaders for governor and party tickets, with Heyward and Latimer leading early returns and a likely second primary.
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Sacramento
Cal
William McKinley
Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
Philippines
Spain
Ree
Gage
Henry T. Gage
E. B. Edson
George O. Pardee
Alamada
Thomas Flint, Jr
San Benito
J. O. Hayes
San Jose
Flint
Pardee
Hayes
Edson
Columbia
8. C
United States
McLaurin
D. C. Heyward
Colleton
Tolbert
James T. Tillman
Latimer
Duties of the Commander for Philippine Inspection
War Department announces Lieutenant General Miles will inspect the army in the Philippines. He will sail around September 15 and return by January via the Suez Canal and Atlantic, focusing on instruction discipline and supplies rather than politics. Accompanied by staff, Miles may be joined by Colonel Reber and others. Mrs Miles possibly accompanying him.
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Atlantic
Washington
War Department
Miles
Philippines
Wiliam Carey Sanger
Chaffee
Davis
Breckinridge
Army Headquarters
Whitney
Reber
Maus
General Miles
Crook
Sheridan
Thomas
San Francisco
Tetary Root
Europe
America
Phillippines
New England
Localization of Industries Highlights Regional Concentrations
Census Bureau bulletin notes high local shares in collar and cuff work in Troy New York oyster cannery in Baltimore glove making in Gloversville and Johnstown New York coke in Connellsville brassware in Waterbury carpet making in Philadelphia jewelry in Providence Attleboro and North Attleboro Massachusetts silverware in Providence area meat packing in Chicago plated ware in Meriden agricultural implements in Chicago silk in Paterson New Jersey wage earner share in South Omaha Nebraska iron and steel in McKeesport Pennsylvania pottery in East Liverpool Ohio fur hat making in Bethel Connecticut glass in Tarentum Pennsylvania cotton goods in Fall River boot and shoe in Brockton silk in West Hoboken glove making in Gloversville jewelry in North Attleboro collar and cuff in Troy New York.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Troy
N. Y
Baltimore
Gloversville
Johnstown
Connellsville
Pennsylvania
Waterbury
Chicago
Meriden
Conn
Paterson
N. J
South Omaha
Neb
McKeesport
East Liverpool
Bethel
Tarentum
Fall River
Mass
Brockton
West Hoboken
North Attleboro
Declined to Testify in Peter Power Case Hearing
New York Aug. 26 A hearing opened in the Peter Power suit to block Northern Pacific from transferring stock to Northern Securities. Camille Weldenfeld was called but declined to testify, claiming he must sign his testimony tomorrow. The session adjourned after arguments over the admissibility of additional witnesses.
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New York
Peter Power
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Northern Securities Company
Guthrie
Camille Weldenfeld
Treadwell Cleveland
Weldenfeld
Mortimer H. Houtelle
Minneapolis
A. W. Bulkley
Chicago
Northern Pacific
Cady
George Alfred Lamb
Boutelle
Bulkley
Illinois Peoples party naming state ticket at Springfield convention
The Illinois Peoples party named W. W. Scott for Clerk of the Supreme Court Dietrick Balser for state treasurer W. C. Gullett for state superintendent of public instruction Richard Stanley and Henry Johnson as trustees of State University The resolutions urge government ownership of anthracite coal lands and mining rights. In Mansfield Ohio George D Neal was named Democratic candidate for Congress in the Fourteenth district Mayor J F King of Lorain endorsed Tom Johnson but offered no nomination.
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Springfield
People’s Party of Illinois
Supreme Court
W. W. Scott
Marion County
Dietrick Balser
Madison County
W. C. Gullett
Fulton County
Trustees State University
Richard Stanley
Morgan County
Henry Johnson
Vermillion County
Mansfield
George D. Neal
Knox County
J. F. King
Lorain
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
D. B. Hill
W. J. Bryan
Democrats nominate H C Bell for Congress in Paris district
In Paris Nebraska, the Democrats of the eighteenth district selected H C Bell an attorney from Marshall Clark county as their candidate for Congress.
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H. C. Bell
Marshall
Clark County
Fire destroys Independent Brewing plant in Seattle
The Independent Brewing Company plant at South Seattle was burned to the ground today, causing an estimated loss of 60000 dollars. Officials say the fire was incendiary in origin.
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Seattle
Wash
Independent Brewing Company
South Seattle
Proclamation by Gen Uribe Uribe Draws Attention
Washington reports the proclamation by General Uribe Uribe, a rebel leader in Colombia, urging his followers to wage war against government forces until 144. when he says the Panama Canal Company franchise becomes invalid and direct negotiations with the United States could occur. Colombian legation officials acknowledge the six year extension to the company, though validity remains in question.
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United States
Colombia
Washington
Uribe-Uribe
Panama Canal Company
Sie Gea
Rea
Army experiments test long field sight rifle scope
The army ordnance bureau reports trials at several posts of a new rifle telescope sight called the long field sight mounted parallel to the barrel. A shipment of bolo bayonets has been sent to the Philippines where troops prefer the curved blade for close combat and cite difficulty withdrawing a straight bayonet from a target. Cavalrymen seek the detached bolo bayonets for rush scenarios.
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Washington
Army Ordnance Bureau
Philippines
Naval and finance notices from Washington August updates
The report covers LT Cleland Offiey detached to the Naval Academy, changes in Indiana bank officers including Franklin County National Bank and First National Bank of Monrovia, and a series of Navy and War Department updates. It notes a declined arbitration post by Senor Guarnaschelli, a July 1902 internal revenue total of 22,236,359 with a drop from 1901, and testing plans for wireless telegraphy with the gunboat Topeka. Additional notes include final trials for torpedo boats Delong and Wilkes, a near-term trial for Cator, and the Cincinnati returning from Venezuelan waters to Cape Haitien to relieve Machias. Also mentions the Alaska telegraph line opening between Fort Lis cum and Fort Egbert.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Cleland N. Offiey
Indiana
Naval Academy
Franklin County National Bank
Brookville
Louis Federman
Frank Geis, Jr
First National Bank of
Pius Fund
Hague
Asser
Topeka
Venezuela
Norfolk
Annapolis
Navy Department
Delong
Wilkes
Decatur
Barry
Cincinnati
Venezuelan
Cape Haitien
Machias
Richard E. Thompson
Signal Office
War Department
Army
Fort Liscum
Port Valdez
Fort Egbert
Eagle City
Alaska
Postmasters Meet Opens Fifth Annual Convention
The fifth annual National Association of Postmasters convention convened at the Hotel Pfister in Milwaukee. Mayor Rose welcomed delegates as President Dickerson delivered the inaugural address outlining the association's reforms and advisory duties while stressing it does not replace postmaster general or Congress. A river trip capped the day with Niagara Falls projected as the site for the next gathering.
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Milwaukee
Wis
National Association of Postmasters
Pfister
David
Rose
F. B. Dickerson
Detroit
Mich
Postminsters’ Association
Congress
Charles Emory Smith
Henry C. Payne
Niagara Falls
Prairie du Chien Woolen Mills Hit by Fire Damage
Fire at the Prairie du Chien woolen mill complex caused extensive damage, likely reaching 150000 dollars. The blaze destroyed the main building a new structure nearby and a large warehouse storing hundreds of wool bales. The mill employed about one hundred people.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Iite du Chien
Temperance Is Dead At Fort Wayne Bible Conference
August 2 at Warsaw Indiana speakers denounced a decline in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and faulted ministers for not converting drinkers. Colonel H H Hadley of Chicago led with a call for abstinence and noted the Blue Button Army reaching 34 08 members. John Balcom Shaw urged less worldliness among clergy while tithing and evangelism efforts expanded with donations and the engagement of 100 evangelists for the year.
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Indianapolis Journal
Warsaw
Ind
H. H. Hadley
Chicago
Winona Bible Conference
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Theological Seminary
Hadley
United States
Colonel Hadley
Blue Button Army
John Balcom Shaw
New York
National Evangelical Committee of
The
Presbyterian Church
John H. Converse
Philadelphia
Converse
E. A. K. Hackett
Fort Wayne
Walter B. Smith
D. Conger
James M. Gray
Joseph Kyle
United Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Xenia
John F. Carson
J. Wilbur Chapman
Minnewawan Inn
Henry Varley
Indiana Yearly Meeting Sessions Address Hired Ministers
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends at Pendleton Aug 26 devoted sessions to questions. Elwood Trueblood spoke. Wilson Dray Clarkson Butterworth and Matilda Underwood offered points on Friends religion. Afternoon discussed hired ministers with a vote against their necessity. Debates covered arbitration war oaths lotteries bribery. Nomination committee for three years announced. A proposal for a Friends boarding home at Waynesville Ohio was noted but not acted on.
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Indianapolis Journal
Pendleton
Ind
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends
Elwood Trueblood
Wilson
Dray
Clarkson Butterworth
Matilda Underwood
Friends
John Holloway
Aaron Morris
Sarah Thistlethwaite
Della Hinshaw
Anna Rogers
Lydia Tomlinson
Catholic Knights of America Indiana Convention Adopts Reforms
Terre Haute Ind Aug. Twelfth annual convention of the Catholic Knights of America for Indiana completed its business in two sessions today and besides electing officers adopted a report changing the constitution in many portions.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Catholic Knights of America
Indiana
Grand Council officers elected at Indiana convention
The report shows 2,24 members in Indiana. Officers elected include President Johan Thixton Jeffersonville and Treasurer D. P. Downs Haute. Delegates to the Supreme in St. Louis are Peter Wairath Evansville and Gerard Reiter Vincennes. The seventh annual convention opened in Indianapolis with 14 grand officers present and 1,224 members. The next Grand Council may meet in Indianapolis annually. The session also covered Lutheran synod matters, including hymnal text, catechism, and finances. The Columbus book plant sale was defeated. power of attorney granted to defend property rights. home missions to receive higher salaries. annual appropriation of 1508 dollars.
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Ulars
Indiana
Johan Thixton
Jeffersonville
J. H. Lakin
Richmond
Geor
Fahlbush
Lawrenceburg
D. PT. Downs
Haute
St. Louis
Peter Wairath
Evansville
Gerard Reiter
Vincennes
Father Talback
Wington
New Albany
Grand Sean
the Young and Institute of Indiana
Harry E Rouse
Indianapolis
Grand Council
Michigan City
Ind
Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of
Ohio
Joint Synod
General Council
General Synod
Lutheran Book Concern
Columbus
Board of Missions
Christian Church of Bluff Creek 75th Anniversary Planned
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Franklin Indiana reports Bluff Creek Christian Church will mark its seventy five year anniversary on September 4 and 6 with a program featuring former pastors Elders BR M Blount Irvington Walter S Smith Greenfield E Finley Mahan Shelbyville C R Hodson Frankl Verle W Blair Irvington W B F Treat Indianapolis and the Rev L C Warren Veedersburg who joined the church fifty nine years ago.
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Indianapolis Journal
Franklin
Ind
Christian Church of
Bluff Creek
M. Blount
Irvington
Walter 8. Smith
Greenfield
E. Finley Mahan
Shelbyville
C. R. Hodson
Frankl
Verle W. Blair
W. B. F. Treat
Indianapolis
L. C. Warren
Veedersburg
Bini Creek
Testimony Against Beef Trust Opens in St Joseph
In St Joseph Missouri the beef trust probe before Special Commissioner Finley of Kansas City began today. Local butcher John Wood testified on direct examination and described a two year history of uniform price schedule conflicts. Witness said packers put him on a C O D list and he felt sore. The session adjourned until tomorrow noon as the attorney general continued the ouster witness line of questioning.
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ST. Joseph
Pest Trust
Finley
Kansas City
John Wook
Crow
Wood
Supreme Court land rush hits Chickasaw Nation acres
In the Chickasaw Nation four mile wide land strip, the Supreme Court ruling sparked a mass entry. Thousands flocked to the Oklahoma land office with over four filings rejected today as crowds arrive by special trains. The strip contains about 1500 farms and the rush rivals the opening last fall.
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EL Reno
O. T
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Mle
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Ad Across Time
An old promotional fragment touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a teething aid used for over fifty years by millions of mothers. It claims to soothe, ease teething pain, cure wind colic, regulate bowels, and treat diarrhea, and urges buyers to ask druggists for the product.
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